Top Rated and Best Home Gym Equipment Review

Home gym equipment ownership has several advantages to going to a gym to workout. The average gym membership runs between 350 to 500 dollars per year. Over a lifetime that will add up to tens of thousands of dollars. You may be looking for ways to save time on a busy schedule. The average gym goer spends between 30 to 45 minutes in travel time to and from the gym.

Maybe you have noticed the pounds slowly adding on, your energy is low or you just don't feel as good as you used to and you have decided it's time to do something about it. Or there may be other reasons but most people agree that a home gym is the most cost effective way to get an excellent workout in the convenience of your own home.

The following are the top five home gyms for you to consider in your search for the home gym equipment which will best meet your needs:

1.) Weider Max Ultra -
a flexed resistance bar and pulley type home gym ideal for entry
level weight training. It offers a lifetime warranty on the bars and
limited 5-year on all other parts. The Weider Max Ultra has been known
in the past as the Advantage, the Crossbow and the crossbar.

The main features are the
option to upgrade to a resistance of 440 pounds; optional lat bar; 65
possible exercises; fold-up bench for storage; dimensions: 82"H x 66"W
x 80"D.

2.) Body Solid EXM1500S Home Gym System
- The Body-Solid EXM 1500S is a plate stack and pin weight adjustment
machine. Although it is an entry level model it provides lots of
diversity with 30 different exercises.

The
Powertec Workbench gyms are made for heavy duty weight training. The
Leverage model is a single station which will allow you to do about 20
exercises with big loads including squats with no spotter required.

This
unit features three colors: yellow, grey, red, weight capacity up to
500 pounds for press, no spotter required, dimensions: L=80" W=56"
HT=82".

As you have probably noticed, these top five home gyms
all have quite different features to suit different needs as far as
workout goals and space requirements. Take a closer look at the home gym equipment that best suits your needs.

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Weider 5000

7 years ago

A home gym is a big investment but it's well worth it. I love being able to work out whenever I want.

Best Home Gym Under 1000 Dollar

8 years ago

Nice article.

I'd the to recommend the EXM1500S. I think its a great value for someone who wants a smaller in home machine to cover a lot of exercises, and wants to add strength training to their workout. If your looking to get 'Pumped Up', you'd be better with Free weights or a Gym membership. I looked for a used one, but they didn't last very long and had a pretty high resale value.

Marcy Home Gym Equipment

8 years ago

Interesting hub you have here. I also love working out but having hard time to go to the gym that's why Invested in home gym equipments and luckily, I've found such great quality equipment and didn't cost me a fortune.. I love these machines and actually recommended them to my friends and colleagues..

Paul | Home Gym Machines World

8 years ago

Nice Hub.

I always advise people to really think about what their goals are before purchasing any home gym machines or equipment on a 'get fit' whim. If in doubt, don't buy. It's easy to think you are making the commitment by throwing money at a problem, but, there's got to be more than guilt of spending money to make you want to really go for it.

Equipment isn't that cheap, so it has to be useful and interesting to you for your mid-term goals at least. It's amazing how quickly you can get bored of the same exercises, so even if you do have machines, there's no reason you have to use them each time you work out; mix it up by using dumbbells and a barbell, too, for best results.

There's more than one way to train, and reading books and learning to coach yourself is really worth the effort.

Good look all!

Darin

9 years ago

Nice and informative. What would you suggest for those of us that have very little room? While they don't give the variety of exercises the machines you list here, I find that a good set of adjustable dumbbells will give you a pretty good workout and take up very minimal space.

Weights Fitness

9 years ago

Thanks for the great info. Its good to have all this info aggregated in one spot beause with all the home gyms on the market today it is difficult to make a decision.on what brand to buy.

Home Gym Equipment

9 years ago

It looks like you have an outstanding Hub. It also looks like you understand the value of getting fresh original content on your HUB, including the comments. You are doing a great job. I wish you the best of success with this Hub.

Kevin from Best Home Gyms

9 years ago

The key here is to build a home gym you are going to use. If you don&rsquo;t like dumbbells at the health center, you won&rsquo;t like them any better in your own basement. Your gym workouts need to reflect your fitness goals. Guys who want to bulk up will want to buy plate-loaded equipment while women who have a goal to be long and learn should look at a functional trainer with rowing capabilities. The advantages of multi-function gyms are that they provide a variety of exercises for both types of individuals.

retirementhelp

9 years ago

Steve thanks for the info. My son is in high school and plays football, gold and soccer. He wants some equipment and this was vvery helpful.

homegymexpert

9 years ago

Body solid has an excellent selection of home gyms, the exm1500 is great but if you are looking to get more aggressiove then the exm3000lps may be for you it coets about 2.5 times more but it gives you about 10 times more in payback. It also facilitates 2 people at the same time, has 7 workout stations and over 400 lbs of weight stack resistance. Check it out http://www.workout-pass.com

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stevemark122000

10 years agofrom Southern California

Thanks for your comment Lynn.

Lynn Byrne

10 years agofrom Daytona Beach Florida

We bought our treadmill about 5 years ago and it gets used all the time. We've had home gyms, but they take up a lot of room. We use free weights that slide them into the closet when done. My son goes to the local gym three times a week. They have more equipment, so he gets a better workout.

If we had the room, we would probably set up another home gym though.

AUTHOR

stevemark122000

10 years agofrom Southern California

Thanks for your comment Constant Walker and gjcody.

gjcody, I know what a challenge being consistent at working out can be. What works best for me is to get up early in the morning and just do it. At first I found this challenging but like anything if you stick with it consistently for long enough, it becomes a habit. Once you form a habit the rest is easy.

gjcody

10 years ago

This is a definite good hub. I am one of the people that was spending a lot of time going to and from. I now have a gym of my own ....but I do have to say ...it does get dusty. So now I am back on the road again. I guess I am a social animal. I enjoy the fact that I am going somewhere.

Do you have any ideas how to stay disciplined? Would welcome your take on this.

Thanks for sharing ...My best to you!

Constant Walker

10 years agofrom Springfield, Oregon

Hey Steve, good hub. I've owned three home gyms during the past ten years - including a Weider (with a weight stack) and a BowFlex. The system I have now is my absolute favorite and has given be better results than any of the past machines: Bodylastics. http://www.bodylastics.com/

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